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Re:Conflict reigns over the history and origins of money by dnautics on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:53PM (#17759579)
I loved debt: and I got a similar impression. Also I thought it was amusing that he criticized the barter theory of money on the grounds that it's self-serving for economists, when of course his model more correct though it may be, is self-serving for anthropologists.
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Re:Conflict reigns over the history and origins of money by jahaja on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:30PM (#17759960)
Self-serving for the influential community of anthropologists that's intertwined with contemporary power? I wish.
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